The answer to this question is that Shakespeare's sonnets were not fiction. ... He presents a new question to her, asking if she does not want children only because she does not like sex. ... The two questions presented in these lines are meant to show that it is just as unlikely to find a wife who disdains having sex with her husband, as it is unlikely to find a man who would rather masturbate then want to make love to a real woman. ... The speaker of the poem opens with a question that is addressed to his beloved, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" ... With this the speak...

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• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

A woman's virginity, which implies her chastity, is promise that her husband's paternity will never be questioned". ... The preservation of a woman's virginity is a recurring theme in Shakespeare's plays; in A Midsummer Night's Dream, we see Helena make known her love for Demetrius, which of itself is a measure executed almost exclusively by men. ... In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titania rules and governs the fairies, sometimes in complete independence. ... We see this again in A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hermia is faced with several options: marry Demetr...

• Word Count: 2000
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As I sat down and pondered this question, the solution that I came up with was that in this world the quality of the writing that is done is often diminishing. ... Some people might only be able to dream of having a true love like theirs. ... Well, in Twelfth Night, the recommendation against the taking of older wives by younger men occurs when Orsino is talking to Cesario. ... In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare presents love as a silly, childlike emotion. ... Perhaps, he viewed his marriage as a silly thing, and was making fun of it in A Midsummer Night's Dream, while in Othe...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Stage Drama Essay- Question One In the play Away by Richard Gow, a historical and cultural context including established connotations and characters roles from Historical Literature, and significant events in history are employed to enable the viewer to understand the play on the abstract level. ... Gow has recreated scenes from the Shakespeare play Twelfth Night , in the opening scene of Away, and The Tempest, in the closing scene of Away. ... This is evident in Away from Act 1 Scene 1 where Tom plays 'Puck' in the Highschool play A Midsummer's Night Dream. ...

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Hamlet utters in one of his soliloquies while he contemplates suicide, "To be, or not to be, that is the question" (Hamlet III.i.55). ... Similarly, the forest in A Midsummer Night's Dream where the lovers retreat to, is a magical place, removed from the conventions of reality. ... Youth's a stuff will not endure" (Twelfth Night II.iii.47-52). ... Twelfth Night contains other words of wisdom as well in the "love" letter given to Malvolio, telling him to "be not afraid of greatness" (Twelfth Night II.v.144). ... Again, Twelfth Night is a classic example of a love triangle situat...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School